Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-11
WIN MUFFLED DRUMS.
The ReInah at BecCher Escorted Ia III!
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The ReInah at Beccher Escorted Ia Ply
mouth Church.
BE"UKLY1 March l0-After the funtE
al services iut hs Brecher residence this
morning the } bers OF the fimily retired
To their nmtaSl Undertaken Hopper'S
assistants caIue in and carried the caskct
down the e}fto the hearSe which stood
in the rear of y Thirteenth regiment.
Tn the coffirtyaS laid n pail of bright
green ferns, AMI Pyilh its emerald hurs in
termingled the hautilul shades of many
varieties of rose The Plymouth Com
pany which hadn't The van of the Regi-
ment rs it appro he'd the house, formed
eight file front ana followed the coffin to
the rear and thentOOk the position of a
guard of honor.
As the coffin walbrought out OF the
house the bugle han OF the regiment
sounded a solemn dhe. As soon as the
guard Of honor had taan up its position
round the hearSe, the rsment was formed
into twelve files with ans reversed. The
procession then moved slwlv down Clark
street until the hsarse paed the front of
the house when the memb OF the family
% dcsired got in the carTCes in waiting
aud brought up the rear aing IN line n
the cOrt,gr moved on, the IN N corps play
ins funeral march with lufiled drums
on auiving at the churGthe regiment
formed dOnble tle front TO ralve the body
at the Orange street entraIhp. in front OF
which the hraTsr drew up.
All afternoon the
LONG LINE or PEuPE
passing through the church 10 yicw the
remains continued TO increase All the rush
was 50 great to gain admission a. it was
found necessary Ia increase Us force
of oticers around the churcl Inors.
The thrnng was made NJ OF
almost all Nationalities. As the liy ad-
-vaucrd the line OF people extended rt1l it
reached Fulton street, then down oLa side
OF the next block aud up the other, nth
another wing across Henry street.
IL was estimated that nearly 2U,0o Ieo-
pie passed by the cataialque during b.
day. There were so many packages adj
bouquets left in the bier that Sperih
place hal 10 I've made near the platform a
the foot OF the pulpit Ia receive them.
ONLY \ RI'MUE.
Mr.. J. .. 4. Ward, the sculptor, say
that the report that lie had hcen commis
stoned 10 make = statue of Henry Wal.
Reccher was premature. Mr.. Ward addet
that il hal been intimated I'D him that
sum oi money had hecu devoted by Mr
Sage to erect the great preachers statue
hut he could not positively verify or den,
that
A special TO the Herald from Ithae:
says: The report that Mr.. Henry "
Sage is TO place n bronze monument o
Henry Ward Beecher in Prospect Park
Brooklyn, is generally discredited il
Ithaca Your correspondent has inter
viewed Mr.. Sage's family and they are al
in ignorance regarding the matter. 1t i
understood that Mr.. Sage himself is at
loss to account for the foundation of tn
statement.
The New York Produce Exchange hoiste,
their flag at half-m this morning out O
respect to the memory of Henry War
Reecher.
THE WILL
of Mr.. Beecher was read, this afternoon, ii
the presence of the family. 1t Is probabl,
that it will not be filed for probate, as on
OF its main provisions authorizes the mem
bers Of the family to settle amOni
themselves the division OF what there i:
left. The chief feature of it is that Mrs
Beecher is first provided for. The con
tents OF it will not be known unless tn,
will Is prohated, as il is the wish Of tn,
family that no publication of its contents
should be made